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Keystone Films Chaplin 1913 Nickelodeon Movie Advertisement Post
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Description: You are viewing a wonderful vintage Keystone Film Nickelodeon Poster.  It reads: KEYSTONE FILMS at the Hennepin Ave. new Gem Nickelodeon / The Bathing Costumes Are Skimpier Than Ever / Are you Wearing the Keystone Smile? / A New Keystone Weekly / September 1913 / Featuring: Mabel Normand - Al St. John - "Fatty " Arbuckle - Mack Swain - Hank Mann / Ford Sterling - And an Amusing New Comic - Charlie Chaplin.  Flanked on the sides are ladies in swimsuits diving, it reads: World-Famous Players / Mack Sennett - Director / Blushing Bathing Beauties / One and Two-Reel Comedies / Open Daily Seats 5 cents / Clever, Amusing Subjects.  This great poster lists the most popular silent-film stars of the era.  The print is in black and light brown and looks as though it were set by hand because the lettering is not perfectly straight, if you look closely.  It has been reframed in the past.  The black wood frame and cardboard backing are newer.  I don't know if this is actually from 1913, but because of the uneven type-setting and the browning to the back of the item, it looks that way to me.  This is a wonderfully unique silent film movie history treasure to admire and pass on to your children.

Silent Film History: Silent Films are the films of the early era that were without synchronized sound, from the earliest film (around 1891), until 1927, when the first 'talkie', the Jazz Singer  was produced, although there were a few other 'silents' later on, such as City Lights (1931).

Calling them silent films is something of a misnomer - movie theatres and other dream palaces provided pianists, wurlitzers, and other sound machines, and some films were produced with complete musical scores. Most early silents were accompanied with a full-fledged orchestra, organist or pianist to provide musical background and to underscore the narrative on the screen. Some even had live actors or narrators. Unfortunately, many of the early classics have been lost to decomposing nitrate film bases and outright destruction.

Many early silent films were either dramas, epics, romances, or comedies (often slapstick). One-reelers (10-12 minutes) soon gave way to four-reel feature-length films.

Dimensions:  Approximately:  15 " H,  12 " W 

Condition: Very Good, just one small tear (1/4 ") near the bottom-left framed picture.  There is some smudging of the black ink that looks like it happened when printed.  Some browning around the edges to the back of the paper.  The frame has some paint missing, looks nice that way, it fits the poster.  

This is a wonderful vintage poster tribute to the silent era film stars. 

 
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